So I recently watched Father Figures and I'm here to bring you my review. So without further ado...
Kyle (played by Owen Wilson) and Peter Reynolds (played by Ed Helms), are brothers whose eccentric mother (played by Glenn Close) raised them to believe their father had died when they were young. When they discover this to be a lie, they set out together to find their real father, and end up learning more about their mother than they probably ever wanted to know.
At a time of year when a lot of great films are coming out, you get films like this that just ruin everyone else's fun. Owen Wilson and Ed Helms are great comedic actors when they want to be, but they both continue to choose roles like this that just don't put them in good situations at they come off as trying way too hard and come off as not funny in the least little bit. The story is something that has been done several times beforehand and the filmmakers do nothing to make changes to that plot and it comes off as a bland and boring film. It's sad to see a lot of great actors in this film like J.K. Simmons, Glenn Close and Christopher Walken who are all Academy Award winners and they just look so lost in the film and they barely even try to act because they know the film is terrible and they are just there for a paycheck. Director Lawrence Sher is in his directorial debut and this isn't the film you want to start your directing career with and the thing that doesn't help his cause is that he was previously a cinematographer on the following terrible films... Aloha, The Dictator, The Hangover Part II and The Dukes of Hazzard so you can see bad filmmaking is been big part of his career. As a comedy some of the jokes are pretty funny, but most of them are jokes we've seen done time and time again and none of the are really that appealing and if you laugh at the jokes, then you're just laughing because you think you need to laugh becasue the film is telling you too. Overall this film is just an absolute waste of time and it just gives you the worst possible viewing experience you could possibly have and some of the worst performances of the year. I give Father Figures a 0.5. out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of Father Figures, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
Kyle (played by Owen Wilson) and Peter Reynolds (played by Ed Helms), are brothers whose eccentric mother (played by Glenn Close) raised them to believe their father had died when they were young. When they discover this to be a lie, they set out together to find their real father, and end up learning more about their mother than they probably ever wanted to know.
At a time of year when a lot of great films are coming out, you get films like this that just ruin everyone else's fun. Owen Wilson and Ed Helms are great comedic actors when they want to be, but they both continue to choose roles like this that just don't put them in good situations at they come off as trying way too hard and come off as not funny in the least little bit. The story is something that has been done several times beforehand and the filmmakers do nothing to make changes to that plot and it comes off as a bland and boring film. It's sad to see a lot of great actors in this film like J.K. Simmons, Glenn Close and Christopher Walken who are all Academy Award winners and they just look so lost in the film and they barely even try to act because they know the film is terrible and they are just there for a paycheck. Director Lawrence Sher is in his directorial debut and this isn't the film you want to start your directing career with and the thing that doesn't help his cause is that he was previously a cinematographer on the following terrible films... Aloha, The Dictator, The Hangover Part II and The Dukes of Hazzard so you can see bad filmmaking is been big part of his career. As a comedy some of the jokes are pretty funny, but most of them are jokes we've seen done time and time again and none of the are really that appealing and if you laugh at the jokes, then you're just laughing because you think you need to laugh becasue the film is telling you too. Overall this film is just an absolute waste of time and it just gives you the worst possible viewing experience you could possibly have and some of the worst performances of the year. I give Father Figures a 0.5. out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of Father Figures, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
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